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Leon, Donna
The American crime writer Donna Leon was born in Montclaire, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-three, she published her dissertation on Jane Austen. She has worked as a guide in Rome, copywriter in London and she has taught at American schools in Switzerland, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran. She has lived in Venice since the early eighties where she taught literature before becoming a successful...

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Edwards, Martin
Although he has written nearly twenty crime novels, plus a couple of collections of short stories in the same genre, British author, solicitor, editor and literary historian Martin Edwards is probably best known for his non-fiction books on the genre, and for the anthologies he has compiled. He is considered one of the leading British authorities on classical crime literature, especially on...